>> fighters i know personally, that's our boy. he rolls with a lot of -- i didn't know that. we have no idea which are our most important alliele peop pissed off worse between now and thw what i knois our relationship with their ente world needs to change, and it starts by modelling american values. >> wknow nato will fall apart if he's elected four more years. there is a single most consequential line in the united states >> the attacks on president trump were plenty, but so, too, were the moments when the candates went on the offensive against one another. we have all the highlights and the biggest winners. >>atch way around the globe, the president was meeting with world leaders, including russia's vladimir putin where the topic of eliction medd came up. >> for the first time two women are going public to back up the account of writer e. jean cused l would has

president trump of assaulting her over two decades ago >> and the poolside accident avoided by an alert dad after a toddler fell in the water. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm melissa rehberger. >> and i'm phillip mena. the nation has now had the chance to hear from 20 of the crowded field of democratic candidates front runner joe biden took center stage, dominating the microphone he had the mose.speaking tim kamala harris and bernie sanders were close behind. one of the candidates who spoke the least was authoraryann williamson, but she was also the most searched for candidate on google >> biden and harris were the most tweeted about candidates up on stage and twitter reports that the most tweeted wout momentas when those two had a passionate exchange on the issue of race. for more insight on this, let's go to nbc's sarah miami following all this for us.ni good morng things got pretty heated out there. >> reporter: yes, they did, melissa. this was really one of the most

dratic moments of last night this debate, of course, marking one of the first times in this race so far that we have seen the candidates begin to criticize one another. priously they had been reserving that for the current administration now, senator harris was nt confroing biden about working with segregationist senators and opposing aspects oolf scho bussing in the 1970s >> it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in thisnt cou and it was not only that, but you also worked with them topo se bussing and, youhe know, t was a little girl in california who was part of thsee cond class to integrate her public school, and she was bussed to school every

day. and that little girl was me. >> reporter: biden defend his civil rights work, calling harris's words a mischaracterization of his work. biden was on the defensesthrough mo of the dete he also faced criticism over his age, being told it was time to pass the torch on to a new generation biden responding -- he continues, rather, to firmly hold that torch. melissa? >> sarah, thank you. >> to help us further break down the big moments from last night let's bring in someone very familiar with presidentialai camps, democratic strategist chris kopinas. chris, good morning. whatac impt do you think this debate will have on the very crowded field of democrats >> i think it's a little bit early to tell. here's one thing we do know. in the poll that we did, we found about -- even though biden was ahead 77% of democratic

voters were likely to change their mind so there's a lot of uncertainty behi biden, den's pretty significant lead i think what's clearly happened here is from the first debate where you had i think warren had a strong performance, and i think in the second debate in particular, you had harris have an exceptional performance you have now i thinkhe dynamics of the race are changing whereas the focus was really on i think biden and sanders was kind of the two front runners. now i think you're going to seart ng more of the discussion about, you know, four front runners. biden, sanders, warren and harris and, listen, iyou're the harris campaign today, you're ecstatic you accomplished literally everything you wanted in that debate last night. if you're the den campaign, you're concerned and you're concerned because, yeah, you may not see it in the poll numbers right away, but you clearly ara ing that the greater dis ussion that'happening

right now isis, his campaign ih trouble? at's wrong with his campaign and that's never a good thing for campaign >> we also notice that unlike the first debate, these candidates definitely did not shy away from attacking donald trump at allis let's take a lten to some of what they said >> the american people understandhat trump is a phony, that trump is a pathological liar and a racist, and that he lied to the american people during his campaign >> one of the worsint thgs about president trump that he's done to thicos untry is he's torn apart the ral fabric of who we p are. >>sident obama i think did a heck of a job.om to cpare him to what this guy is doing is absolutely i find immoral. >> what do you think abo this a strategy? >> well, i mean, here's what's interesting. in our pl we asked folks, what was the biggest issue or problem

facing the country today and for democratic voters it wasn't climate change, it wasn't immigration, it wasn't health care it wasua acty donald trump and so to that extent it was a really, i think,egmart straty either to focus clearly on donald trump to make it very obvious as best they can to the democratic voters that here, i the best candidate to go up against donald trump it was strange to me that in the firsdebate they didn't seem to go after, you know, the president that w it was obvious that that was not going to be a strategy for any of the campaigns i think the balancing act -- and this is i think the challenging part -- is as ch as you make this about donald trump, you have to make this i think about your campaign, your vision it's really tough to do when the's ten people on the stage and you only have 90 seconds or so to talk but that, i think, is going to be the challenge for them going forward. but in terms of makinghe contract, i think that was a strong point especially the top candidates made >> to your point, williams,

swalwell combined did not have whatuttigieg, harris, sanders or biden did as far as talk time how much do you think that's ing to hurt themoing forward? we have the next debate in about a month from now do you see this very crowded field thinning outay did they m not get a chance to establish themselves in front of the american audience >> for the sake of all of our sanity, yes, i hope so i mean, in all seriousness, this has gotten kind of silly no one wants to say it but i'll be more than happy to say it we haveo20 pe on the stage and most of them are not going to be president of the united states or the democraticne nomi and i understand it. it's the process but i think it really is getting to the point and you sawhat last night, when you can't have a substantive debate about really serious issues, let alon thexchange, because you have to go to the next person and then the next person and the so i think there's going to be growing pressure on these third tier candidates to ask

themselves, why are you in this? are you in this just to get media attention or are you in this because you think you have a viable chance? it's clear that there's only maybe six or seven at least right now have a viable chance they have about a month and a half to change that story line >> to be fair, four years ago if we had said the same thing, donald trump would not have been amonthe top six or seven on the republican side and here we are today. all right. >> yes, you're right but how much better the country would have been if that was the case >> i'll let you have that last word thank you for joining us this morning. >> president trump and vladimir putin met face to face for the fit time since the mueller report revealed the full extent of russia's interference in our 2016 election. the two leaders held a brief bilateral meeting at the g20 summit in japan. the biggest moment came when the reporter asked the president would tell russia not to meddle in the 2020 election >> mr. president, will you tell

vltiimir putin -- [mule voices] >> well, they were both smiling after the president wagdliged h finger tel putin don't meddle hans nichols is in osaka with the latest >> reporter: good morning. it's not so much the president said but how he said it, clearly a note of sarcasm there when he was challeng on whether he would ask russia's president not to meddle in the 2020 presidential election, which the mueller port so clearly says in 2016 happened so, yes, the president akhmed ling yes, htold putin to cut it out. but he didn't do it in a way that seemed that serious the president seemed to relish the moment he seemed to relish the entire moment saying it's like the academy awards enjoying the celebrity of it all there are two sublines coming out of ts entire summit. number one the president's relationship with putin and how it relates back to the

elections. what the predent is going to achieve with his conversations with president xi in k ten he hast meeting tomorrow earlier today he hinted that meeting productive but he didn't offer what predictions would come out of it he didn't make any promises whether he would holof tariffs or impose additional tariffs on additional goods some 300 billion coming into the u.s. so i think for the rest of the day, the president has some cultural events hereakn a, but the main story line is really going to be what the presidt said about elections heading into 2020 and his comments on the debates overnight where he really weighed in and said, the democratic party apprs to be more socialist phillip, melissa >> hans, thank you >> let's take a look outside with nbc meteorologist janessa bb good morning, janessa. >> good morning. have you start today complain yet about the heat >> not et why. >> we're using the a.c >> i start today complain yesterday, but remembered it could snow at any moment >> where >> exactly

summer heat will continue to buoud here throut the northern plains, across the nation, east coast this weekend. we are really seeing oppressive air here dewpoint sets moisture in the he atmosp it is at the 70s that is the hot humid air that will be throughout the weekend baton rouge to little rock, you're going to continue to sit in the 90s with heat index in the mid 90s. that's a look at the big weather story of the day now here's a closer look at your day ahead. we're going to see that warm air across the upper midwest with just a few showers here, slight risk for some severe stmams for a s section of the country. and rain going to continue to make its way in across florida i was going to say probably in alaska, maybe snow. but they're sitting in the a 90s we'll take look at that forecast >> them, too thank you so much. >> the fire department in

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for the courts to decide >> two women are stepping forward to support writer e. an carroll's accusation of sexual assault by president trump. the women are both journalists anfriends of carol spoke to the times to back up carroll's account, an accusation he denies here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: e. jean carroll said moments after she was assaulted by donald trump in a department store in the mid 90s, she called her friend fellow writer lisa bernbauch. >> i remember her saying repeatedly he pulled down my tights >> reporter: her friend and former tv host were interviewed by megan tooey by "the new york times. recalling the phone conversation which ended in an argument about what to do >> let's go to the police. come to my house no, i want to go home. i'll take you to the police.ro

>> reporter: car did not go to the police. days later she spoke with martin >> i said, don't be telly. anybod >> reporter: her friend was concerned about her going public because donald trump was such a powerful man last weekend the president denied the incident happened or even knowing carroll >> i have no idea who this woman is this is woman who is wlo has also accused otherf men o things, as you know. it is a totally false accusation >> he threw me up against the wall and tried to kiss me. >> reporter: carroll, who publishing her story in a new memoir, chooses not to use the word rape when describing the alleged sexual aault >> iwas a very short incident, only lasting a few minutes he definitely penetrated, and i definitely fought. >> reporter: carroll's frien now confirming she told them that same story soon after it happened stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york >> just ahead we've got new

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